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College Writing Committee

The College Writing Committee is a provost-appointed committee charged with overseeing the College’s Writing Program. The structure of the College Writing Committee includes representation from the College’s three schools, the administration, the Composition Program, the English Department and The Learning Center. The campus writing coordinator is a permanent member and the committee chair.

The College Writing Committee Oversees 

  • the writing-intensive course requirement
  • the annual college writing contest
  • faculty development workshops
  • book chats
  • readings by faculty writers
  • occasional writing summits
  • the Writing Fellows Program
  • Seven Valleys Writing Project/National Writing Project
  • the Learning Commons Writing Center
  • online writing tutoring, with The Learning Center

Committee Members

Brian Barrett
Associate Professor
Foundations and Social Advocacy (Special Education and Urban Education) 
Cornish Hall, Room 1224
Phone: 753-2330    
[email protected]

Cynthia Benton
Professor
Childhood/Early Childhood Education
Cornish Hall, Room 1207
Phone: 753-4631
[email protected]

Sarah Beshers
Associate Professor
Health
Moffett Center, Room 108 
Phone: 753-2985 
[email protected]

Victoria Boynton
Associate Professor
Professional Writing
Old Main, Room 113C
Phone: 753-2082
[email protected]

Laura Davies, Chair
Assistant Professor
Director of Campus Writing Programs
English
Old Main, Room 113-D
Phone: 753-2074
[email protected]

Jennifer Drake
Academic Tutor
The Learning Center

Van Hoesen Hall, Room B-205
Phone: 753-2361
[email protected]

 

David Franke
Associate Professor
English and Professional Writing
Old Main, Room 117-E
Phone: 753-5945
[email protected]

 

Lauren Stern
Instructional Services Librarian
Memorial Library, B-208
752-2288
[email protected]

 

Judith Vanbuskirk
Associate Professor
History
Old Main, 210_E
753-2057
[email protected]

Carol Van Der Karr
Associate Provost 
Academic Affairs
Miller Building, Room 404
Phone: 753-2206
[email protected]